NORWICH
–
A
man
being
released
from
prison
for
felony
first-degree
sexual
abuse
was
in
court
on
Monday
as
his
attorney
and
the
prosecution
met
to
determine
his
risk
to
society
and
offender
status.

Scott
M.
Brazee,
41,
of
Oxford,
was
convicted
for
first-degree
sexual
abuse
2016
after
having
sexual
contact
with
a
12-year-old
victim.
The
court
hasn't
ruled
on
what
level
sex
offender
he'll
be
considered,
but
his
released
date
is
scheduled
for
June
16.

Assistant
District
Attorney
Michael
Ferrarese,
said
Brazee
was
sentenced
to
4
years
in
prison.
"The
state
prison
system
can
let
people
out
whenever
they
want,
just
because
he
was
sentenced
for
four
years
doesn't
mean
corrections
will
keep
him
that
long."

According
to
New
York
State
law
anyone
convicted
of
a
sex
crime
must
have
a
hearing
to
determine
how
much
supervision
they
be
required
to
have.

"It's
called
a
SORA
(sexual
offender
registration
act)
hearing,"
Ferrarese
explained,
"[At
a
SORA
hearing]
the
court
may
assign
one
of
the
following
three
risk
levels:
level
one
is
a
lower
risk
of
repeat
offense,
level
two
is
a
moderate
risk,
and
level
three
is
high
risk."

At
Brazee's
sexual
offender
registration
act
hearing,
Ferrarese
argued
Brazee
should
be
registered
as
a
level
two
sex
offender
because
his
crimes
showed
a
continuing
pattern
of
criminal
behavior.

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